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FIFA bans CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad five years

Confederation of African football President, Ahmad Ahmad,  has been banned for five years by FIFA on Monday for financial misconduct.

The ban was announced during the Madagascan official’s campaign to be re-elected for four more years as the head of African soccer. His position also makes him a FIFA vice president.

 

The FIFA ethics committee found “Ahmad had breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his position as the CAF President.”

 

Mr Ahmad’s first four-year term was clouded with allegations of financial wrongdoing and misconduct at the Confederation of African Football headquarters in Cairo.

He was detained by French authorities in Paris on the eve of the Women’s World Cup for questioning about a CAF equipment deal with a company that appeared to have little connection with football.

“The investigation into Mr Ahmad’s conduct in his position as CAF President during the period from 2017 to 2019 concerned various CAF-related governance issues, including the organisation and financing of an Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca, his involvement in CAF’s dealings with the sports equipment company Tactical Steel and other activities,” FIFA said in its statement.

An audit of CAF finances pointed to irregularities under Ahmad’s leadership. The report was ordered by FIFA while it effectively took over running the organisation for six months.

CAF appeared to pay about $100,000 for 18 people, including Ahmad and the heads of some of the continent’s 54 national member federations, to travel on Umrah the pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

The Madagascan official’s campaign to be re-elected now lies in tatters after FIFA banned him from all football-related activity for five years for corruption.

The CAF election is scheduled for March 12 in Rabat, Morocco.

Mr Ahmad is currently the only candidate for the post but the fact that he has been banned by the FIFA may yet open the door for other interested individuals to run in the election.

Ahmad became the most powerful man in African football, ousting former President Issa Hayatou and ending his 29 years at the helm of African football.

His victory ended the 29-year tenure of the 70-year-old Hayatou, who is from Cameroon.

Ahmad, previously minister of sport and minister of fisheries in his home country, was given little chance when he announced his candidacy. But he offered voters a fresh face to a younger generation of football association presidents that have emerged.

But four months to the end of his tenure, he has been caught in a scandal that may end his career as the continent’s number one football administrator.

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